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europeans were hanged for their part in the killings. however, in tasmania the so @ - @ called black war was fought between 1828 and 1832, and aimed at driving most of the island's native inhabitants onto a number of isolated peninsulas. although it began in failure for the british, it ultimately resulted in considerable casualties amongst the native population. it may be inaccurate though to depict the conflict as one sided and mainly perpetrated by europeans on aborigines. although many more aborigines died than british, this may have had more to do with the technological and logistic advantages enjoyed by the europeans. aboriginal tactics varied,